Psychedelic indie band Kula Shaker are sheer university days nostalgia for a certain group of people, of which I am one. The four piece band, fronted by blonde, pixie-faced Crispian Mills were popular during the Post-Britpop era of the late 1990s - but they weren't always taken seriously by some.
Maybe it was Crispian's "posh" past - his mother is actress Hayley Mills, maybe it was the mysticism and Indian influence surrounding the band's music that put you in mind of rich kids "finding themselves" while being funded to go travelling - many of the band's songs feature traditional Indian instruments, such as the sitar, tambura, and tabla.
But despite a good slating from a few critics, the band notched up an impressive number of Top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart between 1996 and 1999, including Tattva, Hey Dude, Govinda, Hush, and Sound of Drums and the band's debut album, K , reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.
